Rotunda

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Rotunda is the large domed chamber within Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre that encloses the traditional site of Jesus’s tomb.

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Label Occurrences
Rotunda canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural space
domed chamber
alsoKnownAs Anastasis
Rotunda of the Anastasis
surface form: Anastasis Rotunda
associatedWith Jesus Christ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
associatedWithEvent Crucifixion of Jesus
surface form: Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus
builtFor veneration of the Holy Sepulchre
builtUnder Constantinus Magnus
surface form: Constantine the Great
country Israel
dateOfOriginalConstruction 4th century
encloses Aedicule
traditional site of Jesus’s tomb
floorPlanShape circular
function liturgical space
pilgrimage space
governedBy Status Quo of the Holy Places
GreekNameMeaning Resurrection
hasArchitecturalFeature circular plan
dome
hasArchitecturalStyle Byzantine architecture
Crusader architecture
Romanesque architecture
hasSurroundingElement ambulatory
supporting piers and columns
heritageSite Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
heritageStatus part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site
languageOfName Greek
litBy oculus in the dome
locatedIn Church of the Holy Sepulchre
locatedInCity Jerusalem
locatedInOldCity Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
surface form: Christian Quarter of Jerusalem
majorReconstructionCentury 11th century
19th century
notableFor central role in Easter liturgies
housing the Aedicule over the Holy Sepulchre
partOf Church of the Holy Sepulchre
pilgrimageDestinationFor Christians worldwide
rebuiltAfter destruction by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
religion Christianity
roofType domed roof
usedBy Armenian Apostolic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Syriac Orthodox Church

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